Start John Metchie III or Kyle Williams? Week 8

Our Week 8 call

Start Kyle Williams over John Metchie III in Week 8.

Market-based projections have Kyle Williams at 4.0 points and John Metchie III at 3.7, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Kyle Williams this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 5 and 7 (3.7 and 4.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 8 player market is posted for Kyle Williams yet. His market-based projections were 3.7 and 4.4 points in Weeks 5 and 7, an average of 4.1, which stands in until his Week 8 market posts.

Player markets imply 3.7 fantasy points for John Metchie III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 16 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.1 touchdowns (9, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Kyle Williams 0.3 points ahead of John Metchie III on these projections.

Week 8 matchups

Kyle Williams and NE visit MIA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

MIA allowed 23.8 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 6 games, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 116 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against MIA.

John Metchie III and CAR visit GB on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

GB allowed 35.7 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 9th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 157 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against GB.

By points allowed to the position, John Metchie III has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Kyle Williams is not on the injury report.

John Metchie III is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 8

Through Week 7, Kyle Williams played 30 percent of NE snaps, drew 6 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

Kyle Williams, Week 4 against BUF: 19 of 76 snaps, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 5 against LV: 27 of 75 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 91 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kyle Williams, Week 6 against NYJ: 25 of 68 snaps, 1 target and 1 catch for 12 yards.

Kyle Williams, Week 7 against CHI: 21 of 54 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 7, John Metchie III played 46 percent of CAR snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 10 percent of the air yards and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

John Metchie III, Week 7 against TB: 26 of 56 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 20 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Kyle Williams played 17 games for NE and scored 49.2 PPR points, 2.9 a game, finishing WR112.

He caught 10 of 21 targets for 209 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets and 130 air yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, John Metchie III played 16 games for NYJ and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets and 134 air yards.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III, Week 18 of 2025 against BUF: 4 targets and 3 catches for 20 yards, 5.0 PPR points.

John Metchie III, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 47 of 61 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 41 yards, 7.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 8 calls

• Start Brian Thomas Jr. over Kyle Williams.
• Start Kyle Williams over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Kyle Williams.
• Start Cody White over John Metchie III.
• Start Elic Ayomanor over John Metchie III.
• Start John Metchie III over Jauan Jennings.